Interior Equipment: Adjustments Audi A6 C5 facelift

Calibration of rearview mirror with compass (USA only)

Setting of North is integrated in rearview mirror via a world-zone dependent magnetic field.

The compass directions N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and NW are shown in the digital display.

A new rearview mirror, or a rearview mirror which has had no current for a long period of time, must be calibrated anew (nothing or a "C" appears in display).

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Calibration of a new compass

1. Switch ignition on.
2. "C" must appear in display.
3. If there is no "C", press adjustment switch on underside of mirror using a thin object (e.g. pencil) until "C" appears in display.
4. Drive slowly at approx. 10 km/h around in a circle 2 to 3 times until a compass direction is displayed.
5. Press adjustment switch on underside of mirror using a thin object (e.g. pencil) until the number of your zone appears in display.
6. Refer to the adjacent card for your zone.
7. A compass direction appears in the display after a few seconds.

Calibration of an already existing compass

1. Switch ignition on.
2. "C" must appear in display.
3. If there is no "C", press adjustment switch on underside of mirror using a thin object (e.g. pencil) until "C" appears in display.
4. Drive slowly at approx. 10 km/h around in a circle 2 to 3 times until a compass direction is displayed.

Zone adjustment

1. Switch ignition on.
2. Press adjustment switch on underside of mirror using a thin object (e.g. pencil) until the number of your zone appears in display.
3. Refer to the adjacent card for your zone.
4. A compass direction appears in the display after a few seconds.